Huntingdon Journal

              HlJ^Wl^fGDOrV JOtTRIVAL.
^OSE   COUNTRY,    ONK    CONSTlTl-'TIOIf,   ONE    DESTINY."
Whole No. 187.J
A.   W.   BEXflDICT   PUBLISHER   AXD   PROPRIETOR.
nUNTimiDON, PbiNNsVT.VANIA, WEDNr-SDAY,   MAY 22,'l839.
[Vol. IV, No31.
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TIIEGARL.^IVD.
Nightly repeat r. ni'iurnful dirge, While gathering thorns and thistli s wave Their branches o'er her lonely grave. And memory ought to cause a smart Of sorrow in each falling heart; Since she  was not my Aunt alone. But unto one and all wns known, As 'Old Aunt Becky Underbill 'Phat lives dowu in Timbsrvillc.'i
j^ f s c r 11 an r 0 u 0.
 —"With sweetest flowers enrich'd ^
From various gardens cuU'd '*ith care."
From theN. Y. Weekly Whig. AUKT BECKY. Aunt Becky led a single life— That is she ne'er became a wife: Uut always lived asad old maid. Folks often wondered why she chose To pluck the thom and leave thc rose; /Or rather said it to perplex her, Asthat was jast the thing tn vex her,) J?ut here's the truth, Aunt Becky would Have married if sli» only could, Wilh love hei heart did often burn, Uut no one sent their lo'.'e in turn; She lotiRed in vain to lalse the honey. That flowed trom blisslul matrimony; ?ur none, excepting Billy Snooks, ilared meet hcr very ugly looks; Nor even he his visits paid. Unless to bdr.otv, clijl; or trade.
\ unt Becky's n'ise looked queer enough—
\ little snub, and up to siiufi';
¦\irJ then she had a head of hair
IVhose red locks ihrnc so bright and fair
Tint many a self conceited fop
riive her the name of Soirel top.
Her eyes were grey—her teeth were white
Iiut only two e'er came in sight;
Her skin was of the saffron dye
'>Vith whicli Aur.-ira tints the sky;
in short when .she was in her prime ; iay twenty-five—and at the time
A'hen she enjnypd her hap|>iest hour—
';'.ie looked juts like a rank sunflower!
.Mie owned a snug and peaceful  cot— \ pij. neow, and garden spot,
"besides a dist.inl tract ofland.
Fit emblem of her dreary fate, ill such a dry unfruitful state. The hens and chickens, great and small,
'lUin alwaysat her morning call;
T'or every fowl vhe had a 01101"% "•nd each one answerd tc the same,
.\% Lnng-legs, Short-legs. Duck legs creeper Md Rumplcss, Croptail, L-^ngtaii, Sweeper,
.'\ll things were straight, out door and in, \nd neat and tidy as a pin, 1 he pewter cnps were kept as bright Ns stars that shine in cloudless night; .Vnd o'er tho nicely sanded room,
< 1. 'twas a glorious sight to see
'i'l-iflcs arranged so tr stefuUy! \ fly-trap fr^m the ceiling swung; ¦Vndhere and their red pepcrs hung. 'Xroundthe glass was neatly twi ed .-'aper ot white and blue combined. A Dream book lay upon the shelf. Likewise the History ofan Elf, For sht believed in dreams and witches: In fact, she often found the stitches <:>f her late knitting work let down, VVhen e'er the rascal came to town.
.lunt Becky kept a dng and cat— yhe'd trlk'.to this and then to that, ^'pbrwd them when inclined to fight. And told them not to scratch and bite, For 'twas a naughty thing to see llittensand puppies disagree. I'hc way Aunt Becky drank Souchong 'A'assad to constitution strong; I've known her sip two gallonsup— Phen tell her fortune from the cup, And finish off by steeping o'er The leaves that lad been steeped before.
• ¦» * ,
She's gone, poor creature I she is dead. And wild weeds grew above her head; No lover bends his knee and weeps Upon the grave where virtue sleeps; And not a stone is raised to show • That Becky rests in peace below i'he moaning wind and distant surge
rivet most securely on  the neck* of the ]couMry.
unhappy natives, "their yoke ol iron--no
ho(V lo escape fiir thc moment the unrelen
Itom lhe sword's edge, the females from mnre barbarous persecution! Neither the ¦sacred hearth ot hohpitaliiy, nor the moie sacred altars of God's  churches   might
I'HK FAITH OF WOMAN.
BY THE AL'TIIon   OF "THP.   BROTHEHS,"— "CROMWF.I.L," &C.
"Two tilings there be on earth that ne'er
forget— A woman!   and a  dog!—where once their
love is set!" Old Ms.
It was lhe morninj^ alter the extermi¬ nation fight of Hastings. The banner blessed ofthe Roman pontilT streamed on (he tainted air, from the same hillock whence the Dragon standard of the Sax¬ ons had shone unconqucred lo the sun ol ycster-cveni Hard by was pilched the proud jiavilioii of thc conqueror, who, after lhe tremendous strife and perilous labors of the preceding d.iy, reposed him¬ self in fearless and untroubled confidence upon the field of his renown; secure in the possession ol lhe land, which he was destined to transmit to his posterity, Ibr many hundred years, by (he red title of the sword. 'Po the defeated Saxons, mnrning, however, brought but a renewal ol those mi.^eries, which, having' yester¬ day cnmmenced with the first victory of their Norman lords, were never to con¬ clude nor even to relax, until thc complete amalgamation of the rival races should leave no Normans to torment, no Saxons to endure; all bein^ mer";ed at last into one general nameof English, and by Iheir union, giving origin to the most powerlul, and brave, and intellectual people thc world has ever looked upon, aince the ex¬ tinction uf Rome's freedom.    Atthe time
ofwliich we arc now  speaking,  nothing  .... ....^ ..........j ..v  ^j u.iti uui uaiu
was thought of by thc victors, save how to   experience to style the devastator ol his
a following age.
High noon approached, and in the con qucror's tent a gorgeous feast was spread —the red wine flowed profusely, and song and minstrelsy arose with their heart- soothing tones, to which thc feeble groans of dying wretches bote a dread burthen, from the plain whereon they still lay struggling in their great agonies, too sore¬ ly maimed to live, too strong, as yet, to die. But, everand anon, their wail wax¬ ed feebler and less frequent; for many a plunderer was on foot, licensed to ply his odious calling in the full light ot day; rea¬ ping his first, if not his richest booty, from the (lead bodies of their slaughtered foemen. Ill fared the wretches, who lay jli.re, untendeJ by the hand of love or ' men-.y—"scorched by the deaUi-thirst, and writhing in vain"—but worse fared they, who showed a sign of lile to the re¬ lentless robbers of the dead—for then the dagger—falsely called that of mercy, was the dispenser of immediate immortality. Thc conqueror sat at his triumphant board, and barons lUsinV. his health. "First En¬ glish monarch, of the pure blood of Nor¬ mandy," "King by the right of the sword's edge." "Great, glorious, and sublime I"—yet was not his Iieart soften¬ ed, ner was his bitter hate toward the un¬ happy prince who had sn often ridden by his side in war, and feasted at the same buard with him in peace, relinquished or abated. Even while the feast was at the highest—while every heart was jocund and sublime, a tremblin;; mcsBenger approach¬ ed, craving on bended knee permission to address the conqueror and King—for so he was already schooled by brief but hard
thing by fhe poor subjng.itcd Saxons, but  rociou'*   prince—"but   since thou   must
'Speak out. Dog Saxon," cried the fe-
speak, sec that thy speech be brief, and
Mu« lo escape ior IIIC moment me unreien- speaK, see mat thy speech be briel, and ting massacre, which was urged far and thou would'st keep thy tongue uncropped wide,   by   thc   remorseless   conquerors,   thereafter!"
thereafter!
Great Duke, and mighty," replied th
slaves.   01 vour creat nobleness and mer
throughout the devastated country. With the defeat of 4arold's lost, all national hope of freedom was at once lost to Eng¬ land—though toa man, the English popu-1-jotiwin, tnc queenly mother ot our lati lation were brave and loyal, and devoted , mor arch—now, as she bade me style hcr to their country's rights—the want of fho hiiinhl..«f of v,.,.r ..,,,,..1;..,.*.. ~... leaders—all having perished side by side on that dinasti'ous field—of cumbination, without which, myriads are but dust in thc scale against the force of one united handful—rendered them quite unworthy of any serious fears, and even of consids eratiim to the blood-thirsty barons of the invading army. Over the wliole expanse of level country, which might be seen Irom the slight elevation whereon was pitched the camp of William, on every side migh': be descried small parties of thc
will grant hcr the poor leave to search amid the heaps of those our Saxon dead, that her three sons may at least lie in consecrated earth; so may God send you peace and glory here, and everlasting happiness herealter!"
g ings, and more especially upon yon mound and hillock, when God gave tuus our high victory, and where our last foe fell; There will I raise an abbey to His
... „.   „„..„..,.„.»,,,,.,   ,„igi,i ,c,,, i„cm WUII raise an abbey  to His
protect the miserable fugitives—neither eternal praise and glory; richly endowed
the mai-shirt ol the  man-at arms,  nor it shall be. from the first fruits o"f our land,
the monk 8 frock of serge availed against Battle, it shall be called, to send the
thi: thrust of the  fierce   Norman  spear, memory of this, the great and  singular
All was dismay and  havoc, such  as  thc achievement of our race, to far posteritv
land wherein those horrors weru enacted, and by  the  splendor of our God   'wine
has never witnessed since, through many shall be plentier among the monks of Bat-
alollowincace. fie. than wni^n ;« (i.„ .°ui . .,     ..
tie, than water in tlie noblest and the rich¬ est cloister else, search the world over. 1 his do I swear; so may God aid, who hath thus far assisted us for our renown, and will not now deny his help, when it be asked for his own glory."
The second day dawned on lhe place of horror, and not a Saxon had presumed since the intolerant message of the Duke, to come to look upon his dead. But now thc ground was needed, wherein to lay the hist stor.e of the abbey, William had vowed to God. Theground was needed; and mtnieover, the foul steam, from the human shambles, was pestilential on the winds of heaven; anil now by trumpet sound, and proclamation through the land, lhe Saxons were called fui th, on pain of dealh, to come and seek their dead, lest the health of the conqueror should sufl'er from the pollution they themselves had wrought. Scarce had the blast sounded, and the glad tidings been announced once only, ere from their iniserable shelters, where they had /leided with the wild beasts of the forest, from wood, moras.s, and ca¬ vern, happy, if they might escape the Norman spear, forth crept the relics of that pcrsccuteii race. Old men and ma¬ trons, with hoary heads, aad steps that tottered no less trom thc eft'ect of terror, than of age; maidens, and youths, and in¬ fants, too happy to obtain pennission to search amid those lestering heaps, dab¬ bling their hands in the corrupt and pesti¬ lential gore whicii filled each nook and hollow of the dinted soil, so they might bear a\va,v, and water witb their teura, and yield" to consecrated ground the relics of those brave ones, once loved so fondly, and now so bitterly lamented. It was ti'i- ward the alternoon of that same day, when a long train was seen approaching, with crucifix, and cross, and censer, the monks of Waltham Abbayc—coming to offer homage for themselves, and for their ten¬ antry and vassals, to him whom they ac- el knowledge as their king; expressing their
covery; yet, from the nioni-.nt wiien the mission was named to her, she expressed her full and confident conviclion that she could recognise that loved one, so long as but one hair remained on that head she ' id once so cherished. It was night when e arrived on the fatal field, and by the light of torches, once more they set out on-their awful duty. "Show me the spot,' she said, "where the last warrior fell," and she was led to the place where had been found the corpses of his gallant bre¬ thren, and with an instinct that nothing could deceive, she went straight to the corpse of Harold—it had been turned to and fro many times, by those who sought It. His mother had looked on if, and pronounced it not her son's, but that de¬ voted heart knew it at once and broke.— Whom rank, and wealth, and honors had divided, defeat and deatii made one;— and the same grave contained the cold remains of Ed-lh the Swan-necked, and the last scion of the Saxon Kings of En¬ gland.
 --»—J.   ..piicuiiie "-""vvieiise as meirKing; expressing their
trembling envoy, "I  bear  you  greeting submission  tothe  high will of the Nor-
froin Elgitha, hei-ewhilc thc nnble wife ol man pontiff, justified, as  they said   and
Godwin, thc queenly mother ot our late proved by the assertion  of God's iii'do'e'.
mor arch—now, as she bade me style hcr, ment upon the Iiili of Hastings     Hi'i-^lv
the humblest   of  yuur   suppliants   and delighted by this absolute submission.Ve
slaves.    01vouri>rcaf nnhlp..n».nn,Im„r. first he h.id   received  from iny En'dish
• i/fr' -1 ¦ *¦ ">: n.iu icceiveii ii'oin any English cy, mighty King, she sues you, that you) tongue, the conqueror received the monks will grant  hcr the poor  leave to  search Iwith courtesv and   fivnr   o.,..,„f„.i   .1,	
with courtesy and favor, granted thcin high immunities, and promising them free protection, and the unquestioned (enorol their broad deinesi cs, for ever. Nay! af¬ ter he had answered their address, he de tained twoof their nuniber, men of intei
','¦¦,.,     o ¦ ,       . .  ,-.„.        .- "   '. ""^"^ number, men of intel-
He.ir to the Saxon sl.ivc!'  ^v illiam/ligence, .is with his wimled quickness of laimed    turninii' .m  if in  wnn,(or  ,.    ni.pr,.„t;„n t.n  ;.,o.»...i.. .i-  _ '        .   r
exclaimed, turning as if in wonder to wards his nobles, "hear to thc Siixon I slave, that dares to  speak of consecrated
^.„.. ....jj,,. „^ .,K!.K.i It.I =111.111 pni-iics 01 mc i SIHV1-, unu uares 10   speaK ol consecratei
Norman horse, driving in with their bloody 1 earth, and of interment for tin: accirsei lances, as  if ihey were  mere cattle, the  body of (hat most peijiiii'il exc'inniiini unhappy captives; a  few of whnm   fhey jcated liar!    Hciici! tell thp motlier of the now began lo span-, not from ihe slight¬ est sentiment ol mei cv, but  literally that   ,               „.           -     .._ their arms  ivcrc v.(',-iiy wiili   i!i,.t i:!sk uf jaccuricd licai', the saii(l,'< of t!ui sea shoi slaying, although  iheir  hearts  were yet'are but too good a scpuh her!" insatialcof iif>o(l.    It must be taken iioiv j     "She bade me proffer humbly to your into consiiiciiition   bv   those  who listen  acceiitance, the weight of Harold's body uith ,i;=,..v .'i ,....,.!"-»...I   ..r;«  l.l" ...:...i-   .   '     ¦    ¦•
(lead dng, wlnin you have dared lo  styL yunr King, that for flic intci'dicted  and
with disui.iy Si
pitiless Inrhiiiy, of indiscriminatinj^ slaughteron ihe part of men, whom they have hitherto been taught to look upon as brave, indeed, as lions in the field, but not partaking of the lion's nature after thefield was won,not only that the seeds of enmity had long been sown between those' rival people, but that the deadly crop ol hatred had grown up, watered abundantly by tears and blood nf either, and lastly, that the fierce fanaticism of religious per¬ secution was added to the natural rancor of a war waged for the ends of conquest or extermination. Thc Saxon nation, from the king downward to the meanest serf, who fought beneath his banner, or buckled on the arms of liberty, were all involved under the conimon bar of the pope's interdict -they were accursed by God, nnd handed over by his holy church to the kind mercies of the secular arm! and, therelore, though but j'es'.erday they were a powerful and united nation, to-day they were but a vile horde of scattered outlaws, whom any man might slay where- ever he should find them, wTiether in arms or otherwise, amenable for blood neither to any moral jurisdiction, nor even to the ultimate tribunal to which all must sub¬ mit hereafter, unless deprived of their ap¬ peal, like these poor fugitives, by excoin- municatiun from the pale of Christianity. For Ihirty miles around the Norman camp, pillars of smoke by day, continuallv streaming upward to the polluted heaven, and the red glare of nightly conflagration told fatally the doom of many a happy hom-! Neither thc castle nor the cottage might preserve   tluir   male  inhabitants
cuder to the'iccounts of in pure  ^uld," faintly gaspe
''      j terrified and cringing messenger, "so you
would grant her that permissioni"
"ProH'eru ^old!—.vhat goldTorwhose? Know, villian, all thc gold throughout this conquereil realm, i* ours! Hence, dog and outcast, hence' nor presume e'er ugain to come, insulting us by proffering, as a boon to our acceptance, that which we (Mf-n already, by the most indefeasible and ancient right of conquest; Said I not well, knights, vavaso'jrs, and nobles?"
"Well! well! and nobly," answered the}', one aiidall. "The land is ours— and all that therein is—their dwellings, their demesnes, their wealth, whether of gold, or silver, or of cattle—yea! they themselves are ours, themselves, their sons, their dau";liters, and their wives; our portion anil inheritance, to be our slaves forever!"
"Begone! you have heard our answer." exclaimed the Duke, spurning him with his foot, "and hai-k ye, arbaliistmen ai:d archers, if anv Saxon more approach us on like erranJ, see if his coat of skin be proof against thc quarrel of the shaft."
And once again the fe.ist went on—and louder rang the revelry, and faster flew the wine-cup round the tumultuous board. All day the banquet lasted, even till the dews of heaven I'ell on that fatal field, watered sufliciently, already, by the rich gore of many a noble heart. All day the banquet lasted, and far was it prolong ed into the watches of the night, when rising with the winccup in his hand, "No
perception he instantly discovered, from whom to derive information as to thc na¬ ture of his nctv-acquired country, and newly conquered subjects. Osgad and jlilric, liie deputed messengers fiom thc lesiiected principal of their community had yet a lurther and higher object thar tu tender their submission to the conque¬ ror, lheir orders were at all and every risk, to gum permission to consign the corpse of their late King and founder, to _ . the earth, previously denied them. And forth the soon, embiddcned by the courtesy and kindness of the much-dreaded Norman Ihey f'.ok courage to approach thesubjcct knowin- It interdicted even on pain o death; ami to their wonder and delight, ii was unhesitatingly granted. Throughoui the whole of the ihird dav, succeedin< that unparalclcd deleat aiid slaughter' t lose o d men might be seen toiling amon? the naked carcases, disfigured, maimed; and lestering in the sun toiling to find tht object of their devoted veneration. But vain were all their labors-^vain was thei search, even when they called in the a of his most intimate attendants, ay, the mother that had borne him! '^..^ corpses of his brethren, Lcofwyn and Gurth, were soon discovered, butnot one eye, even of those who had most dearly loved him, could not distinguish the mai¬ med features of the King. At last, when hope Itseli was now almost extinct—some one named Edith, the Swan-necked. She had been the mistress, years ere he had been, or dreamed of being King, to the brave son Ilf Godwin. She had beloved nnn in heryouth, with that one, single- miiided, constant, never-ending I'jve, which but few, even of her devoted »ex, can feel, and that but once, and for one cherished object. Deserted and dishon¬ ored, when he she loved was elevated to the throne, she had not ceased from her true adoration, but quitting hcr now joy¬ less home, had shared hcr heart between her memorieg and her God, in the seques¬ tered cloisters ol the nunery of Croyland. More days elapsed, ere she could reaeh
id
of
The
bles and barons," cried the bukc;'friends, ".uicuajrs eiapseu, ere sne could reaeh comrades, conquerors—bear witness to the fatal spot, and tbe increased corrup- niy vow!    Here, on these lieightj of Ha-   lion denied the smalleat hope ol hii dis
AN ANECDOTE IN POINT. Ettractfrom a Speech of Mr Underwood On a moiion for an inqury into thc de¬ falcations of Public Officers. The conduct of the late and present admi- uistrations in respect to ^^'atkin8, and the host of defaulters, reminds me of an occurrence in the far west. 1 tell the story, but conceal the names of the party. Pity shields them from presentation to pu¬ lic scorn.
An old man was always extolling his own virtues, and decrying those of other people, and who was above all conceal¬ ment, according to his repeated avowals, was passing his way home after running the noblest buck in "the forest, by a corn¬ field of a neighbor remotely situated ftom the dwellipg house. His suns and dogs were along, murh fatigued by the recent chase. The old man discovered in the field a single hog—a runt— engaged in breakinKdown thcistalks and eating thc corn, lie' immediately swore by " the E- ternal," that he never could w^ness such a sight withont feeling the greatest indig¬ nation ag.iinst the guilty brute, and he in¬ stantly ordered his son to set the dogs on. declaring at the moment, that if the tore him to pieces it would be a good thing, in¬ asmuch that by such means the neighbour¬ hood might get clear of a bad breed of hogs. The boy obeyed, and the dog re¬ luctantly eng.iged in the less noble work and being the more furious and savage in consequence of fatigue, mangled the ani¬ mal until his life was in iTanger. The youlh not ivholly destitute of compassion, even towards a hog, at length seized and threw him over the fence, and called ofl thc dogs. The old man said itwas useless to go around the the fence and stop the hides, as he was certain the lesson would cft'ectually teach the hog never to er.ter a- gain. So they went on home without re- jiairing the lence, taking care however, to pass by the o'vner of the field to let him know how kind and neighborly they bad been in turning out the hog. Not loiig al¬ terward, the old man, his son, and dogs were going by the same field, and in it, in¬ stead of One, they discovered a large gang of hogs ol all sizes, variously engaged. Some were breaking down the stalks and cracking the corn with voracious appe¬ tites ; some apparently surfeited, were moping at the heels of those stimulated by hunger, and a goodly number had husks and fudder in their mouths, sume frisking, and others deliberately inarching to the pannels of the fence, to make themselves plesant beds with the spoils. Aa the obJ man saw what was going on a distance, he said to his son, " Now my buy the dogs shall have sport." Indeed, the prospect of a continual uproar! fighting, and com- minglement of shouting, yelping and squalling in a neighbor's cornfield, was a scene by no means agreeable to the old man's taste. He therefore mounted the fence with alacrity, intending to post him¬ self and witness the feats ol his ion and the dogs while 'sitting on a rail.' But he no sooner straddled the rider than his as¬ pect changed suddenly. Ile turned to his son who -vas climbing up after him and said, 'u'hy these are our hogs.' The boy gazed in silence a moment, aud then with an arch look, replied, 'as I live, 'tis true; but I reckun though 1 must dog them a little:' The old man took ' a second sober thought,' and after a minute's gaze, he said, 'perhaps, my son, it would have been better lor thc owner of the corn, it we had stopped the hole the other day. We broke doiin a good deal of corn, and did mischief in getting out a single runt with dogs, and vve shall not leave a stalk stand¬ ing if we serve all my gang that way. I know too, your mammy will not like it; for I have olten heard her say she coulcl not bear to make souse out '.f hogs' ears that had been torn by the dogs. I will therefore, take the dogs oft, anJ leave you to tole the hogs out as peaceably as you can.' The boy ventured to ask, 'what will the owner of the corn say, if he finds out that we did not treat aur hogs like
those ofother peoplel The old man put !iis finger upon his lip, gave Ivis aon a aig- nificant look and departed with the dogam silence. But mifortunately for his repu¬ tation, he had not more than got outof sight ofthe field, when the owner on hi» way to it, mel him. Their conversatioo was very brief, asthe old man said he waa in a hurry. His son was found in the flelil toiling and coaxing thc hogs to the gap. The circumstances were so plain that the owner ot the corn ever told the story as I have related it, and no one diTUbted ila -uth. 	
ABSURDITIES
To attempt to borrow nioney on the plea of extreme poverty. To lose money at playa nd then fly into passion about it. To ask the publisher of a new periodici.l how many copies he sells per week. To ask a wine merchant the age of his wine. To make yoursell generally disagreeable, and wonder that no body visits you unless they gain some palpable advantage fiy it. To net drunk and complain the next morning of a head ache. To spend your earning* in liquor, and wonder tliat j«u are ragged. To judge ol peoples piety by their attend¬ ance at church. To make your aervant* tell lics for you, and then get angry when they tell lies for themselves. To ask oth¬ ers to keep your secrets, when you can't keep them yourself. To expect to make a poor man" pay a debl by putting Utm to jail.
tSOD - J—Jt 1
Tkf. biter bit.—a noble lord a short time ago applied to a pawnbroker to lend , him one thousand guineas on his wife's jewels, for which he had paid fuur thous¬ and. 'Take the articles to pieces,' said his lordship.'number the stones, and put lalse ones in their'place, my.lady willn»t distinguish them.' 'Your are too late, ray lord,' said the pawnbroker, 'your lady has stolen a march upon you; ihese stones ar» false, I bought the diamonds ef hcr lady¬ ship a twelvemonth ago.'
TLE HANGMAN AND JUDGE,
"Did your lordship never attend a kill¬ ing time at the Old Bailey? It not, pray favor me with your company, not on the gallows, but standing in the street, amidst a crowd thet always assemble when 1 am at work ior you and the Sherifl:-*. Per¬ haps it [will add to the zest if you como when I have a young woman to stiflTen supplied by yourself. Will the fluttering of her petticoats as she swings in the air produce a picasant sound in your cars, my learned master? Fail not to watch the people; thc men, women, and child- reiV—good, bad, and indiirercnt, i\ ho have gathered to behold the sacred majesly of the law. You will see sucb flashing of eyes and grinding ol teeth, you will hear siglis and groans, and words of rage, and hatred, with curses on yourself and me; and then laughter, such as it is, ofan un¬ natural kind, that they will make you start; jests on the dead, that will make you sick! You will feel, no, why should you feel any mor"! than your faithful joucu^ neymen. We shall go to our breakfas™ wilh good appetites; and a firm conviction that every hanging-bout changes my snea¬ king pilferers into savage robbers, fit for murder.
A few years ago Iwas called out of town to hang a little bny with malice afore¬ thought. If guilty he must have been in the habit of going to executions. Ten thousand came to dabble in the poor crea¬ ture's blood. That was the youngest fel¬ low creature I evei handled in the way of business; a beautiful child he was toe, as you may have seen by the papers, with a straight nose, large blue eyes, ,ind gold¬ en hair, I have iio heart, no feelings; trAo has in our calling!' But those who came to see mc strangle that tender youngster have hearts and feelings as we once had. Havel no, had! for what they saw was fit tij make them as hard as yout servant, or his master.
They saw that stAiliiig, lifted fainfinf, on the gallows; his smoothe cheek of tho color of wood ashes, his little limbs trcm- ling, and his bosom heaving a sigh, as if his body and soul were parting; withoutany help. This was a downright murder; for there was scarce any life to take out of him. When I began to pull the cap over his baby-lace he pressed his small handa together (his arms, you know, were cord¬ ed fast to his body) and gave mea beseech¬ ing look, just as'a calf will lick the but¬ cher's hand. But cattle do not speaki this creature muttered, " pray, sir, don't huitme." 'My dear,'answered I,'you should have spoken to my master, I'm on¬ ly the journeyman and must do as I am bid.' This made him cry, wliich seemed a relief to him, and i do think I should have cried mysell, if I had not heard the crowd shout, "poor lamb! shame—mur¬ der.'" ".Quick," said the sherift. 'Ready* said I. Tire Rev. gentleman gave me thft wink, the drop fell--one kick, aod he swayed tn and fro, dead as the feelings of the Chistian people of England.
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